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NEWS - Tuesday, July 10, 2018

RIDE 3 Unveiled and Given a Release Date

Milestone, one of the leading and longest established racing game developer in the world, is glad to announce its successful IP dedicated to all two-wheels lovers is returning for the third chapter this year, releasing on November 8th .

The RIDE franchise is one of the most consolidated in Milestone’s portfolio, as it is a series of titles dedicated to all motorbikes fans. The series has established itself as a tribute to the motorbike culture, recognized as unique in its genre thanks to the extremely wide offer, with RIDE 2 winner of the Guinness World Record for Most licensed bikes in a videogame, and to the game experience it offers.

While continuing the franchise’s tradition, RIDE 3 has been revised especially in terms of realism, customization and for the variety of content included: a mix of elements that make this third edition of RIDE the ultimate motorbike encyclopedia, a realistic and adrenalin-packed title dedicated to those addicted to racing.

It is being said that RIDE 3 has a whole new heart, at it uses the Unreal Engine 4, and is said to be a completely revised experience, whilst maintaining the identity of the series. The game brings a bunch of new features and elements that will make the player feel the adrenaline like a real rider. The list of tracks has been increased to satisfy everyones tastes and needs: there will be GPs and Supermoto tracks for those who wants to feel like professional riders, Country and City circuits to ride in the most iconic places around the world, Road Races to race on road circuits and Drag Races for those who love acceleration races that take place on straight tracks.

Engagement of players will be brought to the next level in this chapter of the series, especially thanks to the innovative customization options which include an innovative Livery Editor, to expand the customization to a completely new standard, where players will be given a unique limit when customizing their bikes: their creativity.

These are only some of the innovations that RIDE 3 is set to bring to the players, and if that’s not enough, key features of the game will also include:

More than 230 bikes at DayOne divided into 7 categories, including a new one;

12 brand new tracks, for a total amount of 30 tracks;

Diverse customization possibilities, which will enable players to customize their bikes both from a mechanical and aesthetic point of view.

Mechanical customization options will include more than 500 customizable bike parts: players will be ableto create their perfect ride deciding whether to pimp their engine or intervene on brakes and suspensions, as well as modify the transmissions or adjust the wheels as they prefer.

Aesthetic customization will include an innovative Livery Editor for limitless creativity, to design the livery of your dreams and share it online;

Extreme realism reached thanks to the introduction of Unreal Engine 4, used for the first time in a RIDE title, which ensures a great visual rendering as well as detailed particle and lighting effects and a photorealistic level of the environments. Moreover, with the new graphic engine Milestone’s team has been able to include night modes for the first time in a ride title.

The Drone Scanning System has been used to reproduce all tracks down to the smallest detail;

A completely revised career mode based on volumes, a unique experience that tells the story of a specific bike category, manufacturers or iconic tracks;

Improved AI, a new physics simulation and a revised collision system.

Geezuz, that is a lot to report, and its only a sliver of what they say has been changed. We hope to have more coverage as the game gets closer to its November release.